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  • n  (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus
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  • Volunteers clean up KK River in advance of trail grand opening
    More than 50 volunteers, including State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, strolled the streets and waded in the Kinnickinnic River near the Sixth Street bridge to pick up trash that might have otherwise found its way into the waterway, the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service is reporting.
    Oct. 8, 2013 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quotes

  • Harriet Harman in Financial Times
    We don't need it, it won't work and we should drop it,said Ms Harman. "What did you say Jocasta was doing in her gap year?"
  • Sigmund Freud in guardian.co.uk
    King Oedipus, who struck his father Laius dead and married his mother Jocasta,Freud wrote in his radical Interpretation of Dreams, "simply [embodies] the wish-fulfilment of our childhood years . . ."

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